What I Know

What I know is easy to say
But never easy to write
I know the things you do today
Will all be gone tonight

I know that words will stab and cut
At that thing you call a heart
And what you thought would always stay
Is the first thing to depart

I know the son that you once held
Will be a man someday
And live for the time when he can tell
You time to go away

I know that a mother will love
Each and every child
And forgive sins like God above
When that child runs wild

I know the pain of losing
The one you love the most
And the hard part of chosing
Not to give up the ghost

I know fame is an illusion
And fortune is a lie
That life is just confusion
When it is our time to die